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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1946
Page
4
The piece surveys Alabama politics with mention of a one party system and Attorney General ruling, notes Lane Swift meeting the President, critiques OPA, and highlights civic efforts in Decatur Mobile Tuscumbia and Birmingham. It covers campaign rhetoric, a Titmouse Drive complaint, Legion funding for Tuscumbia schools, and quotes from Laurie Battle on youth migration.
Republican candidate John Kilgo tours the First Tennessee congressional district delivering campaign speeches from aircraft to reach voters.
A spoof testimonial parodies patent medicine ads. The narrator lists extreme illnesses and cures with Dr Blurb's Famous Stump Juice, claiming dramatic relief after three bottles though dizziness remains, in a satirical tone about sensational ads.
Westbrook Pegler argues Congress failed to curb union power despite corrective bills. He criticizes exemptions for unions under the Sherman act Norris La Guardia act and anti racketeering laws. He cites examples involving Dave Beck and the Teamsters and calls for Supreme Court reversal or qualification of anti racketeering and anti kickback rulings.
Chicago dispatch notes a U S argument over recalling Myron Taylor from the Vatican. President Truman supported Taylor’s assignment amid debate on Vatican influence and church state issues as World War II era politics test Christian alignment and foreign policy.
A Chicago study led by Dr. Albert E Casey and Dr. William S Fishbein indicates poliomyelitis spreads mainly through direct contact among children, not via insects. Early diagnosis and isolation could curb spread. mild cases often show spinal fluid protein increases, suggesting immunity development after infection.
Years ago today T. J. Martin was named head of the Central Labor union to succeed H. O. Cline. Misses Bertha and Emma Bass and Messrs Roy Williams and Estelle Warren entertained friends at Fennell Spring outing. Boggs Brothers beer? ferry across the Tennessee river announced a new ferry to be operated soon. Rebecca Whyte returned from Huntsville after a visit with cousin Frances Strong. Elliot Pettey and Emma Rosalie Caissitti visiting here. Martha Frances Masterson returned from Cullman. L Briggs, famed cheerleader for the Columbia Mules, arrived to cheer Albany-Decatur Twins.
The text criticizes church state entanglements in U S politics noting the Methodist board’s influence during prohibition and labeling Taylor a presidential proxy. It argues these arrangements distort unity against atheism and stateship and accuses Roosevelt of exploiting Vatican City as a covert information channel.
Brief collage of celebrity sightings and social notes from New York and West Coast venues. Includes Admiral Halsey, Hap Arnold outfits, Jimmy McCuanin, Jacques Goldstyne, Ingrid Bergman visits, Laura Deane Dutton case, and industry rumblings about theater and radio figures.
A Harvard graduate of 1941 joined the Marines as a seaman second class and rose to captain in five years. He served as a dive bomber pilot mainly on Guadalcanal and other hard campaigns. He recently returned to town to find work and was handed an employment application asking for his last place of employment.
In Daily Variety a brief item recalls WW becoming virtually unreachable for several days. During a flare up he smashed the phone from the wall and the phone company suspended service for 48 hours as punishment.
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